DEAR CRYSTIAL ,


TODAY WE DUG UP SOME WORMS AND FED THEM TO OUR DOG WHO QUICKLY SPAT THEM OUT ALL OVER MY MOTHERS BEAUTIFUL TOMATOES. LIFES QUITE RUGGED AND NOT COOL ITS ALWAYS HOT OUTSIDE AND IT RARELY COOLS OFF WHILE WE'RE WORKING. TODAY WE BUILT ONTO OUR SODDIE ADDING GRASS TO THE FOLOORS SO IT COULD BE INSULATED DURING THE WINTER SEASONS WHICH GET QUITE CHILLY..... BURRRRR. WE HAVE TO PLANT MANY SEEDLINGS SO WE CAN HAVE FOOD DURING THE CHILLY SEASON AND WONT STARVE. FATHER MADE ME PLOW THE FIELDS TODAY WHICH WAS NOT FUN BECAUSE I REARELY GET TO USE THE PLOWER AND IM NOT VERY GOOD AT THIS TASK IF I SAY SO MYSELF. BUT AT LEAST I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO MUCH FEILD WORK BECAUSE MY TWO SISTERS AND MY 2 BROTHERS DID ALL THAT IM THE OLDEST SO EACH DAY I GET TO CHOOSE WHAT JOB I'D LIKE TO DO THEN MOTHER PUTS ME TO WORK AFTER I FINISH MY GOOD JOB. WORKING OUT IN THE FIELDS IS SOME BACK BREAKING ACTON THAT DOES'T FEEL GOOD AT ALL BUT WE ALL HAVE TO DO IT OTHERWISE WE WONT HAVE ANY FOOD TO BE EATEN AND THAT SHAN'T BE APPROPRATES FOR THE TASK AT HANDLE. PERSONALLY IM REAL FRIGHTEN AT THE SIGHTIN OF GRASSHEPPERS I MEAN IT THEM BUGGIES GOT THAT JUMP LIKE SPRING AND THEY REALLY JUST JUMP ALL OVER. WE'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST A YEAR AND ITS REAL TOUGH, BUT I ENJOY THE BREAZIN WE GET. MUMS BEEN HAVING A LOT OF ALONE TIME LATELY SHE SEEMS SAD BUT PAPAY WON'T LET ME TALK TO HER AND SHE SEEMS REAL OFF BUT YOU KNOW WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS SHE MIGHT GET A BIT BETTER. PAPAY ALWAYS TAKES ME ASIDE AND TELLS ME HOW CRUCIAL IT IS TO BE WORKIN UPON THE FARM LANDS BECAUSE WE NEED THE PRODUCTS. LATELY THERE'VE BEEN A LOTT OF CATTLE RUNIN BY HERE AND THERE AND ITS NOT THAT SAFE THE TRAVEL LOTS AND TAKE MANY RESTS BUT WHEN I SEE THEM PASS BY OVER THE COUNTRY SIDE HILLS I GET SCARED BECASUE I KNOW WHERE THEIR TAKEN THEM AND THEYRE GONNA GET SOLD AND MAYBE EVEN SLAUGHTERED MY YOUNGER SISTER JEANA DOESN'T LIKE ME TO THINK ABOUT IT BUT I TELL HER NOT TO WORRY. THEN WE GO PLAY FIELDS AND HAVE A GREAT DARN TIME UNTIL MOTHER CALLS US FOR SUPPER.



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